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Presidential Proclamation: Breast Cancer Month
October 2004 presidential proclamation reaffirms our nation's commitment to controlling and curing breast cancer.

What You Need To Know About Breast Cancer
Information about detection, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of breast cancer. NIH Publication Number is 03-1556

NIHSeniorHealth: Breast Cancer
NIHSeniorHealth is a Web site that features authoritative and up-to-date health information in a format tailored to older adults.

PDQ® - NCI's Comprehensive Cancer Database
Full description of the NCI PDQ database.
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Coping with Cancer
Managing side effects and complications caused by cancer and its treatment.

Support and Resources
Information about cancer support organizations, finances, insurance, home care, and hospice care.

Learning About Clinical Trials
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Finding Clinical Trials
Ways to look for specific cancer clinical trials.

Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Healing philosophies, approaches, and therapies used in addition to, or instead of, conventional treatments.
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Breast Cancer Treatment
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Male Breast Cancer Treatment
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Breast Cancer and Pregnancy
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Dose-Dense Chemo and Metastatic Breast Cancer

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Prevention, Genetics, Causes
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Breast Cancer Prevention
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Genetics of Breast and Ovarian Cancer

Antibiotic Use and Increased Risk of Breast Cancer

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Screening and Testing
Information about methods of cancer detection including new imaging technologies, tumor markers, and biopsy procedures
Breast Cancer Screening
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NCI Statement on Mammography Screening

HHS Affirms Value of Mammography

Get a Mammogram

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Probability of Breast Cancer in American Women

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